Rebirth in 1958: Getting rich starts from Nanluoguxiang

Chapter 60: I Wasn’t a Good Person Since I Was a Child

The next morning, Qin Dabao played with his sister for the whole morning. At around ten o'clock, Qin Dabao went to Yard 95 without a hat and rolled up his sleeves to see the progress of Master Lei and his colleagues' work.

The craftsmanship of Master Lei and his three companions was really good. After only two days, the house was already in shape. However, there were too many debris and wood in the house, and it was difficult to put down any space. Qin Dabao went into the house to take a look and then came out.

The kitchen is almost finished and the carpenter is making the cabinets.

He took out a handful of fruit candies from his pocket and handed them to Master Lei.

Master Lei's old face was so wrinkled with smile that the wrinkles on his face were almost visible. "Oh my, this is a good thing. Thank you, Comrade Xiao Qin."

He quickly put it into the carpenter's pocket. He couldn't bear to eat it and wanted to save it for his grandchildren.

"Master Lei, how many more days will it take to complete the project?"

Master Lei counted on his fingers: "It will take another five and a half days. I'll find someone to clean the whole house."

Qin Dabao hesitated for a moment and said, "Master Lei, if I give you another twenty yuan, can you find two more people? I want to move in as soon as possible."

When Master Lei heard about the extra money, he nodded immediately. For twenty yuan, he would find five more people and give two yuan to each of them, so he would still have ten yuan left.

"Okay, I'll find a few more people and try to finish the work in three days."

Qin Dabao was walking out, and just as he reached the middle courtyard, he saw Sha Zhu walking in with two lunch boxes, without a hat, and sweating profusely. Behind him came Jia Dongxu, and behind him came Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, who looked dejected.

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong have been living in dire straits these past two days. Now they are in the factory and do not need to participate in labor, but they still go to work every day.

It's just that my workplace is in the security department, where I study with books in my hands.

In the past two days, no one dared to talk to them, whether in the factory or in the courtyard. This made the arrogant Yi Zhonghai almost collapse, and his hatred for Qin Dabao became stronger and stronger.

Liu Haizhong also hated Qin Dabao, but he was timid. When he saw Qin Dabao, he wanted to stick his head in his crotch.

Sha Zhu had a really great time these past two days. The pork provided by Qin Dabao really earned him a lot of face. Not to mention the director, even Deputy Director Li toasted him with a glass of wine at noon. Not only did he get a promotion and a raise in the cafeteria, but an old lady also wanted to introduce him to a girl this afternoon.

Sha Zhu is not really stupid, on the contrary he is very smart. He knows that all this is brought to him by Qin Dabao, so his gratitude to Qin Dabao is even deeper.

"Brother" Sha Zhu immediately smiled when he saw Qin Dabao, ignoring the ugly expressions of Yi Zhonghai and others. Qin Dabao also ignored the three people.

"Why did you go to the backyard?"

Qin Dabao thought about it and decided that the news of moving in could not be concealed after all. Now that the house change was decided, no one could do anything to deceive him, so he just said it openly.

"Brother Zhu, we'll be neighbors from now on. The neighborhood office has given the two rooms in the backyard to my family."

"Ah?" Not only Sha Zhu, but even Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong and Jia Dongxu were stunned when they heard it.

"Fuck! I saw Master Lei cleaning up the house yesterday, but he refused to tell me who moved in. I even went to the factory to find out. So it turns out it was your family who moved in? That's great! I'll have company for drinks in the future."

Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu's faces turned ashen, and Liu Haizhong's eyes rolled around, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Brother Zhu, why are you back at noon?"

"Well, isn't this the Great Leap Forward? The district is calling for another push before the New Year. We should work harder and redouble our efforts. The street office sees us as working for the steel mill, so they've given us an order to achieve results as a tribute to the new year. The factory has given us three days off to do just that."

At this time, Xu Damao came in from outside the yard pushing a bicycle. This Xu Damao was a hot topic in the courtyard, and of course it was not a good thing. This person, in the words of Qin Dabao's father Qin Qingyou, had not been a good person since childhood.

Qin Dabao and his father have roughly the same opinion on this point. Xu Damao is a real villain. He is bad inside and out. He lies, sows discord, cheats, and is lustful. All these words can be used to describe him.

Xu Damao's style has always been to harm others without benefiting himself. In this courtyard, he has the worst popularity, but except for Sha Zhu, no one dares to mess with him.

Xu Damao was unwilling to greet Yi Zhonghai and the others; flattering the powerful and bullying the weak was his instinct. As for Sha Zhu? Both of them treated the other like stinking dog shit.

Xu Damao was not familiar with Qin Dabao, but he had heard that he was a tough guy. Bullying the weak and fearing the strong was another instinct of Xu Damao. He smiled and nodded at Qin Dabao: "Have you eaten?"

"I've eaten. Did you just get off work?" After all, we would be neighbors from now on, so I couldn't give him the cold shoulder, so I could only answer with a smile.

"What are you doing after work? I came back to get two sets of clothes, and then I have to go back to the countryside." Xu Damao is a projectionist at the steel rolling mill, responsible for showing movies to several villages. It's a good job, as he is famous and makes extra money. He is treated like a guest wherever he shows movies.

"Okay, get busy."

"See you later!" Xu Damao pushed his bicycle and left as if he didn't see Yi Zhonghai and his friends. Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong were so angry that they jumped to their feet, but there was nothing they could do.

Qin Dabao said hello to Sha Zhu and said he was going home to get something and would be back soon.

Jia Dongxu and Liu Haizhong returned home.

Yi Zhonghai put his hands behind his back and walked around the backyard. The backyard had become a big construction site. Nanmu and other materials had been brought in and piled up in half of the yard.

All the doors and windows in the house were removed, and Master Lei and his team were working hard.

Yi Zhonghai's eyes turned and a plan came to his mind. He returned home and whispered a few words to Auntie, who nodded.

. . . .

Qin Dabao was walking around thinking about the Great Leap Forward in Steel Production.

Not to mention the raw materials for steelmaking, where can we find coke?

The melting point of steel is 1500 degrees Celsius, and the combustion temperature of general coal can reach 500 to 700 degrees Celsius, and the highest is 1000 degrees.

Steelmaking? Are you kidding?

As a result, after several months of hard work, all the pots in people's homes were donated. It is conceivable what can be produced from this hodgepodge?

It's just a useless lump of iron.

It was not until the Lunar New Year that the government stopped this sport because they really couldn't continue it.

Qin Dabao knew that a movement like this was just the beginning, and there would be many more such things in the future. He couldn't have any opinions, otherwise all kinds of study classes would be waiting for him. Qin Dabao would not do such a stupid thing. Whoever wanted to make opinions could do so. He only had one principle: I won't go to hell, and whoever wants to go can go!

He went home and discussed it with Lu Xiu'e, then packed up some iron pots, kitchen knives, and broken iron stoves, put them in a sack, and went to the street.

Anyone who has experienced a big storm knows that if you respond to the call and follow the situation, the one who is ahead will be more popular.

Sure enough, when Qin Dabao handed over the ironware,

Director Wang was very pleased. The more she looked at Qin Dabao, the more she loved him. This child was very supportive of her work. With someone taking the lead, the rest of the work would be much easier.

Director Wang was so happy that he exempted Qin Dabao from the hard labor of collective labor. Qin Dabao was also happy. This was his purpose.

As soon as Qin Dabao left, Director Wang immediately called the district to report the good news. The district also attached great importance to it and decided to list Qin Dabao as a model and publicize it.

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